Photo gallery: Lawrence’s 2018 Women’s March

Thousands of participants gathered in South Park and marched through downtown Lawrence Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, as part of the local Women’s March. Before the march, speakers, including Vice Mayor Lisa Larsen; former Kansas Poet Laureate Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Haskell Indian Nations University administrator Julia Good Fox and Lawrence NAACP chapter leader Ursula Minor, addressed the crowd.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Thousands of marchers fill South Park during Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A young girl sits at her mother's feet during speeches in South Park before Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Ayrcyia Thomson stands in a crowd portraying the allegorical figure of Columbia, one of the earliest personifications of the United States representing justice, charity, liberty, peace and hope during Lawrence's 2018 Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.